Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser said a grand jury made that decision Wednesday.

The grand jury indicted the alleged shooter, 14-year-old James Austin Hancock, on four counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault and one count of inducing panic.

Hancock is accused of shooting two classmates in a school cafeteria at the end of February and injuring two other students who were trying to escape the violence.

In an unusually worded news release, which includes a reference to a Lady Gaga song about difficult times, Gmoser said a grand jury also decided to label Hancock a “Serious Youthful Offender.”

That label means, if convicted, Hancock could stay in juvenile lockup until he's 21, and if there were to be any rule violations during a juvenile sentence, adult prison time could come into play.

The fact Hancock's case won't play out in adult court doesn't make sense to Scott Weaver whose son, Brant, was one of the two students injured trying to flee the chaos.

"Indictment? Yes," Weaver said. "But I think it needs to be in adult court. He made an adult decision to steal a gun, and you know, pulled it out and wanted to use it, and it needs to be held in adult court, I believe."

Weaver spoke to News 5 investigative reporter Todd Dykes, saying his son, who is in the eighth grade, is doing his best to recover.

"He's hanging in there. He's back in school and trying to adjust as best as he can," Weaver said. "He doesn't say much about it, you know. The school is doing a great job with counselors and stuff and he's talking with them and, you know, just coping one day at a time."

Weaver said deputies haven't told him why the shooting happened.

The next step for James Austin Hancock is arraignment in juvenile court.

That could happen at the end of this week, though a court official said it will most likely happen in early April.